Ratnamalavadana [sanskrit]

83,177 words | ISBN-10: 8172702957 | ISBN-13: 9788172702953

The Sanskrit edition of the Ratnamalavadana: a collection of Buddhist stories (avadana) belonging to the Mahayana tradition. Literally, “a garland of precious gems” or “a collection of edifying tales”, these 38 stories revolve around king Ashoka and the monk Upagupta. Original titles: Ratnamālāvadāna (रत्नमालावदान), Ratnamālā-āvadāna (रत्नमाला-आवदान, Ratnamala-avadana)

संबुद्ध एव भगवान् सुगुणी न विष्णुः संशस्यते न हिरण्यगर्भः ।
तेषां सुभद्रचरितातिशयप्रभावाञ्छ्रुत्वा विचारयत को गुणवान्न वेति ॥ १४९ ॥ {४१}

saṃbuddha eva bhagavān suguṇī na viṣṇuḥ saṃśasyate na hiraṇyagarbhaḥ |
teṣāṃ subhadracaritātiśayaprabhāvāñchrutvā vicārayata ko guṇavānna veti || 149 || {41}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 27.149 is contained in the book Ratnamalavadana by Prof. Ramesh Kumar Dwivedi. This book is not available online so in order to read the full text and translation you should buy the book:

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Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (27.149). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sambuddha, Eva, Bhagavat, Sugunin, Vishnu, Samsha, Tad, Yushmad, Hiranyagarbha, Subhadra, Carita, Atishaya, Prabhava, Prabhavat, Vicara, Yata, Kah, Gunavat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 27.149). If the system was successful in segmenting the sentence, you will see of which words it is made up of, generally consisting of Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Participles and Indeclinables. Click on the link to show all possible derivations of the word.

  • Line 1: “saṃbuddha eva bhagavān suguṇī na viṣṇuḥ saṃśasyate na hiraṇyagarbhaḥ
  • sambuddha* -
  • sambuddha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • eva -
  • eva (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • bhagavān -
  • bhagavat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • suguṇī -
  • suguṇin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • viṣṇuḥ -
  • viṣṇu (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    viṣṇu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • saṃśasya -
  • saṃśa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    saṃśa (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • te -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • hiraṇyagarbhaḥ -
  • hiraṇyagarbha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “teṣāṃ subhadracaritātiśayaprabhāvāñchrutvā vicārayata ko guṇavānna veti || 149 |
  • teṣām -
  • tad (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
  • subhadra -
  • subhadra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    subhadra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • caritā -
  • carita (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    carita (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    caritā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    car (verb class 1)
    [periphrastic-future active third single]
  • atiśaya -
  • atiśaya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    atiśaya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • prabhāvāñch -
  • prabhāva (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
    prabhāvat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • śrutvā -
  • śru -> śrutvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √śru]
  • vicāra -
  • vicāra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • yata -
  • yata (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    yata (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    yam -> yata (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √yam class 1 verb]
    yam -> yata (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √yam class 1 verb]
  • ko* -
  • kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    ka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • guṇavānn -
  • guṇavat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • a -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • veti -
  • (verb class 2)
    [present active third single]
  • Cannot analyse 149
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